Measures to promote gender equality in Vietnam under Decree 48

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Measures to promote gender equality in Vietnam as prescribed in Article 14 of Decree 48/2009/ND-CP are as follows:

What are measures to promote gender equality under the law in Vietnam?

Measures to promote gender equality are those set forth by the National Assembly, the National Assembly Standing Committee or the Government to assure genuine gender equality in cases where exists big disparities between men and women in terms of position, role and opportunities to bring into play their capabilities and enjoy benefits of development which cannot be mitigated through the application of the same regulations to men and women. A measure to promote gender equality will be implemented within a given period and end when the gender equality goals are achieved.

Measures to promote gender equality in Vietnam include:

• To prescribe an appropriate proportion of men or women or assure an appropriate proportion of women who participate and benefit in certain fields of social life;

• To train and retrain to raise the qualifications of women or men for them to satisfy professional criteria and other criteria as prescribed by law;

• To support and create conditions and opportunities for men or women in order to enhance the sharing of family and social responsibilities between men and women in conformity with gender equality goals;

• To prescribe particular criteria and conditions applicable to women or men in order to implement priority policies in each specific domain;

• To provide for the right of women to be selected and prioritized when they met all conditions and criteria like men so as to assure gender equality;

More details can be found in Decree 48/2009/ND-CP on measures to assure gender equality in Vietnam, which comes into force from July 15, 2009.

Long Binh

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